Living Enneagram
Process Enneagram
Outlining the 9 stages of transformation in the Process Enneagram.
Personality Enneagram
Outlining the 9 personality types in the Personality Enneagram.
Living Enneagram is path of personal development and spiritual awakening using the combined teachings of the Process Enneagram (9 stages in a universal process of transformation) and the Personality Enneagram (9 types of personality styles). Learning the map of our personality type is only just the beginning. Living Enneagram is about applying this ancient wisdom technology for better living today. Trent J Thornley is developing the Living Enneagram approach. Read more about Trent below.
Online courses on a variety of Enneagram topics, including FREE COURSES presenting all the basic teachings.
ENNEABITS BLOG
Social Ones: The Comey-Clinton Connection
Hillary Clinton and FBI Director James Comey are two peas in the same personality pod. Both are Enneagram Type Ones who likely fall into the Social Subtype.
Personality Politics 2016
Decision 2016 is rife with questions about the candidates’ temperaments. The Enneagram has a lot to offer. This EnneaBit explores the styles of Trump, Obama, and Clinton.
Donald Trump: Type 8
This EnneaBit explores Donald Trump running the Type 8. Learn more about Type 8 patterns generally, ranging from magnanimous, honorable social action to narcissism & bullying.
Barack Obama: Type 9
This EnneaBit explores Barack Obama running the Type 9. Learn more about Type 9 patterns generally, ranging from awake action & healing presence to indecisiveness & passivity.
Hillary Clinton: Type 1
This EnneaBit explores Hillary Clinton running the Type 1. Learn more about Type 1 patterns generally, ranging from objective integrity & reasonableness to judgmental criticism & hypocrisy.
Type Programming
This EnneaBit explores the binaries of each of the nine ennea-types. There are type-flavored either/or modes of perception, often unconscious, driving the sorting of sensory input. From these binaries are built whole worlds of projections.
4 – White Dwarf & Supernova
The White Dwarf expresses qualities of the Type 4 – Point 4. This EnneaBit is part of the Cosmic Enneagram series, in which the lifecycle of a star is used as a metaphor illuminating the Enneagram.
3 – Main Sequence Star
The Main Sequence Star expresses qualities of the Type 3 – Point 3. This EnneaBit is part of the Cosmic Enneagram series, in which the lifecycle of a star is used as a metaphor illuminating the Enneagram.
2 – Pre-Main Sequence Star
The Pre-Main Sequence Star expresses qualities of the Type 2 – Point 2. This EnneaBit is part of the Cosmic Enneagram series, in which the lifecycle of a star is used as a metaphor illuminating the Enneagram.
Buddhist Nine Types
The three forces of Passion-Aggression-Delusion also generate the three points within each of the three centers (234, 567, 891). This EnneaBit is one in a series presenting a Buddhist Enneagram.
Buddhist Three Centers
The three forces of Passion-Aggression-Delusion are broadly associated with our three centers, Heart-Head-Body. This EnneaBit is one in a series presenting a Buddhist Enneagram.
1 – Protostar
The Protostar expresses qualities of the Type 1 – Point 1. This EnneaBit is part of the Cosmic Enneagram series, in which the lifecycle of a star is used as a metaphor illuminating the Enneagram.
Mad Men Enneagram
This EnneaBit explores Enneagram patterns in the hit series ‘Mad Men.’ Don Draper runs a Type 3 personality, Peggy the Type 6, and Stan and Leonard, the Type 9. Three scenes in the final episode flow through the Enneagram’s inner triangle: 3 – 6 – 9.
Passion – Aggression – Delusion
The Buddha teaches the cause of suffering is passion, aggression and delusion. This threefold movement powers the Enneagram. This EnneaBit is part of a series presenting a Buddhist Enneagram.
9 – Molecular Cloud
The Molecular Cloud or Nebula expresses qualities of the Type 9 – Point 9. This EnneaBit is part of the Cosmic Enneagram series, in which the lifecycle of a star is used as a metaphor illuminating the Enneagram.
Buddhist Law of Three
The Buddha’s Second Noble Truth of the threefold cause of suffering maps directly onto the Enneagram’s Law of Three. This threefold karmic movement is the Enneagram’s engine. This EnneaBit is part of a series presenting a Buddhist Enneagram.
Amazing Grace of 5-6-7
Learn more about the Enneagram Head Center and the Points 5-6-7 through two sermons entitled ‘Twas Grace That Taught My Heart To Fear. The first is more Christian in flavor and references the esoteric nadir of the Enneagram. The second is more Buddhist in flavor.
Hijacked Six!
I ran my Type Six patterns while a passenger on a hijacked airplane. Sixes are known for calm in a crisis because they imagine every hazard ahead of time. Sixes thus scare themselves to avoid feeling scared. Bonus: some Seven patterns show up as well.
Calvin & Hobbes Enneagram
Explore the nine Enneagram styes through snippets of sagacity brought to you by Calvin and Hobbes. Bill Watterson’s classic comic conveys a lot about human personality amidst its playful pages.
Remembering Basic Goodness
The work of personal transformation can be difficult. It helps to remember our Basic Goodness. What is your fundamental orientation to the nine ennea-types?
Uh-Oh & Ah-Ha
Discovering your Enneagram Type can be a combination of “Uh-Oh!” and “Ah-Ha!” It is often a shock of recognition. This EnneaBit reflects on the type-related ways each type experiences its Uh-Oh & Ah-Ha moments. How did it happen for you?
Bernie’s Finger Wagging
Type Ones are known for finger wagging, and Bernie Sanders is likely a Type One. A fiery reformer, Sanders is running against another likely Type One: Hillary Clinton. Learn about the Democratic Party’s Integrity War.
Let’s Get Physical
Along with thoughts and emotions, the type patterns also manifest bodily through gestures & postures. Body mindfulness is a great tool. How do you get physical with your type pattern?
Business Enneagram
Businesses and other organizations are increasingly using the Enneagram for better communication, efficiency and productivity. Enneagram coaching is an emerging force in the field of organization development.
Buddhist Enneagram
Presenting the Buddhist Enneagram: a look at how the Buddha’s Second Noble Truth maps onto the Enneagram’s Law of Three to generate the 9 ennea-types. This EnneaBit explores some esoteric aspects of the Enneagram.